Public choice and decentralised healthcare service delivery in Lesotho: Assessing improvement and efficiency in service delivery

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Table 1. Summary of responses

	Tenets of public choice theory
	Local Innovation	Affordable services (less money paid for service)	Tailor-made services	Fast service provision (less waiting time)	Responsiveness to local needs	End to monopoly	Proximity (large service coverage)
SU 1, 8, 48, 30, 46				√	√
SU 17	√			√	√
SU 3				√	√		√
SU 13	√	√
SU 7	√				√		√
SU 23			√	√	√	√
SU 33			√	√	√	√
HP 9	√		√	√	√
SU 3, 14, 19, 39, 44	√		√		√		√
HP 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9	√		√	√	√
HP 5, 10	√				√
HP 1, 4	√		√	√	√	√	√
HP 1, 4, 7, 8, 10	√		√	√	√	√
ALL SUs				√			√
SU 10, 19, 28, 49	√		√	√	√		√
SU 9, 44	√	√	√	√	√
SU 17	√		√	√	√
HP 6	√		√	√	√	√	√
SU 9, 23		√		√		√	√
SU 6, 21		√		√	√	√
SU 18					√
SU 27							√
SU 17, 19							√
SU 16		√

Source: Authors’ construct, 2021